Wall to Wall Media is making a documentary about the murder of Maxwell Confait in Catford in 1972. Maxwell was found dead in his house on Doggett Road on April 22nd 1972. He was 26-years old, of dual heritage and gay. He often crossed-dressed and was also known as Michelle. Maxwell was often seen drinking Continue Reading
Rare blood disease spurs mum to donate due to urgent shortage
Over the last three years, there has been an 80% increase in demand for a rare blood type from London hospitals. The increase is driven by a growing number of people with sickle cell disease; the most common and fastest growing genetic disorder in the UK. The NHS urgently needs black Londoners to give blood Continue Reading
‘Pull Up a Chair’ and chat to Tabitha at People’s Day
Local resident and artist, Tabitha Lewis, will be exhibiting work from her project ‘Pull Up a Chair’ at this weekend’s Lewisham People’s Day. This year’s edition of the much-loved free, annual event will be held on Saturday 7th July at Mountsfield Park in Catford, where Tabitha will exhibit alongside an eclectic program of live music, Continue Reading
Catford Vegan Festival – You can’t beet it!
Catford Food Market is launching South East London’s first fully vegan all day festival on July 15th 2018 in collaboration with Plant Bass LDN. Together they are bringing you London’s finest plant based, ital, meat free and cruelty free street food, produce and craft food stalls in one place as Catford Vegan Festival. Veganism and Continue Reading
Lewisham to help a record number of refugees rebuild their lives
Lewisham Council is set to resettle more refugees than anywhere else in London. Some 100 families will benefit from Lewisham Council’s refugee resettlement programme which helps families find housing, children settle into new schools and adults find work. In 2017 Lewisham Council started supporting 15 refugee families from Syria and Iraq – around 70 people Continue Reading